Car-brace.



H. SCHUNEMAN, Jn. CAR BEACH.

APPLIOATION FILED Amm, 1910.

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CAR BRACE.

APPLIoATIoN FILED AUG. 5, 1910.

Patented Apr. 4, 1911.

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IIIIIIIIIIl//IIIIIIIIIV' attorney ITE HENRY SCIUNEMAN. JR., OF SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK. 0

CAR-BRACE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1911.

4Application led August 5, 1910. Serial No. 575,654.

To all whom 'it may concern:

.Be it known that l. ilnxur HonnNnnAN, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Schenectady, in the county of Schenec tady and State of New York, have invented new and useful improvements in Car- Braces, of which the following is ay specification.

This invention relates to a brace or reinforcement for the ends of 'freight cars, the object of the invention being to provide a comparatively simple and inexpensive construction of brace which lwill reinforce and prevent the tearing out of the ends of the car from the shocks and im act resulting from the shifting of thefreig it with which the car is loaded, and which may be readily and conveniently applied in position.

The invention consists of the features of eonstrluction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing, in which z# Figure 1 is a perspective view looking from one side toward the interiorof one end of a car, showing the adjacent side of the car removed, and the end brace in position. Fig. 2 is a side elevation looking toward the .open side of the car shown in Fig. 1. Fig.

3 is a vertical longitudinal section through the end of the car to which the brace is applied. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the brace detached. i i

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the floor and 2 one of' the end Walls of a freight car of the box type, to which the invention is shown in the present instance ftp-- plied.

The brace or reinforcement is made of sheet steel and comprises a horizontal body portion 3 co-extensive in width with the Width of the floor 1. From one of the end edges of the said body portion 3 rises an upright end plate 4, and disposed at the opposite end of the said body portion is a horizontal anchoring' flange 5 arranged below and in a plane parallel with the body portion and connected therewith by an upright portion or riser (i. riser, as well as the end-plate 4, are coextensive in length with the. width of the bodyv ortion 3.

In t e application of the brace to the end of acar, as shown the body portion 3 is` arranged to rest upon the boards of the floor 1 adjacent to the end wall 2, and the The flange andv upright end plate 4 is disposed to bear against the inner face of the said end wall. The body portion and end plate are perforated, as at 7 and 8 respectively, for the passage of screws or other fastcnings t0 firmly and securely fasten the same to the floor and end wall.

The flange 5 projects beneath one of the idly held in position to brace the end wa l 2 against the pressure ot' the freight.

Itiwill be seen from the foregoing de@ scriptionthat my invention provides a brace which is simple of construction and which may be readily and conveniently applied by simply removing one or two boards of the floor l and then fastening the same in position with the flange 5, the riser 6 extending between theedges of the adjacent boards and connecting the flan e firmly with the body plate 3, and that tie brace'so applied will firmly sustain theend wall 2 against tearing out under the interior pressure. It will of course be understood that a brace of the construction described `is `en'iployed at each end of the car.

Having thus described the invention 'what I claim as new is 1. An end brace for cars comprising a horizontal body portion adapted for attachnient to the floor of a car, an upright portion at one end of said body portion adapted for attachment to the end wall of thel car, and an anchoring element at the opposite end of the body portion adapted to be secured and clamped between the floor and sills of the car.

2. An end brace for freight cars formed of a single piece of sheet metal and comprising a horizontal body l late adapted for attachment to the floor o a car, an upright car, und a right" singularly bent portion I end of the car, and an Aanchoring yportion forming a. connection between said enchor-4 atthe opposite edge of the said body poringange and the body plate and adapted tion extending beneath the floor and eecured A to extend between adjacent edges of proxithereto andto the underlyin '.sills. 15 5 mate ioor boards. In testimony whereof I a X my signature 3. The combi'nation with a freight car of in ,presence of two witnesses. the type descrlbed, of an end brace com- HENRY SCHUNEMAN JR.A

.prising a body portion secured to the ii'oor of the car adjacentothe end wall thereof an I VitneSses: c 10 upright Axortion rising from one edge of JI. L. MILLER, l thesaid ody portion and secured to 'said W. C. MILLER. 

